This is one of those run-of-the-mill drama at the first few episodes and yet as it develops, it grows on you and before no time, you find yourself staying tuned till the wee hours for it. In this particular instance, it was much thanks to a review that helped me to get over the first few mediocre episodes.
Like that convincing review puts it, QoR falls into a familiar category with rather predictable plots, and yet this doesn't mean it is boring. Indeed, it is a case in point on how a good execution on all fronts can save an otherwise mediocre script about how a woman goes against all odds to, lead an ordinary life.
Jung Joon-ho, whom I first saw in Iris as its second lead, appeared to have a limited range in his acting - but as the story evolves, his character becomes more interesting and his acting more versatile.
It is probably the first time that a second lead lands such a meaty role in a drama. The single eyelid looker Park Si-hoo, who stole the show at the second half of the 31 episode drama, somehow succeeds in transforming himself from when he stars in Prosecutor Princess, a sleeper drama I gave up after 4 episodes.
Poking jokes at a number of times on Korean drama, in particular, the ever popular Cinderella genre, the script has many feminine touches. It is hard to imagine such a character with feminist tint can be written by a man. And knowing what Kim Nam-joo can do, she is shamefully underused in Voice of Murderer.
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